INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 19, 22 January 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

... „ , Wellington, Saturday. The Artned Constabulary has ndw beenre--. ducedsJ»s. nearly 20 ° . men -and, 13 officer?. Police in the Middle Island,^nd elsewhere are being enrolled under the Armed .".Constabulary Act to enable the above Wdu'ctidh to be made. The position of the police force will not thereby be affected us to pay,. : and they would be called on to seryeas a corps in case of emergency. '''' i '"" The Governor laid the foundation stone 'df the new Atheneum to day, The plaiie was crowded. ■..••■•(• Arrived— Ship Leicester, from London 89 days out. She brings 400 immigrants and 11 saloon passengers, all well. Colonel McDonnell wife, and child are passengers by her! 1 "Monday. ' The anniversary is a general holiday. The weather is fine, and. beautiful for sailing races, but promises to be too rough foar^ rowing boats. The Government are considering the question, of- removing, the powder, magazine. to a morg isolated position than at present. Both the Corporation and Chamber of Commerce have,_heen. making representations to the Government to remove the magazine beyond the suburbs of the town lii the meantime all gunpowder will be removed only under charge of the Armed "Constabulary. "■' -"■■•" ■':■ "■'■ • Westport, Monday. * A- prospecting area -for -six: men was granted this morning at the Four-mile Valley,' Charleston District^ on creek at the foot of Mount Para-lay, where prospects of heavy gold were obtained.' The creek aruns through the Pakihis. of several hundred acres o." 'ground easily worked. The miners- 1 in the district think well of the discovery, ( \ . i r,. ; Auckland, Saturday. "._. Thg.jJbglish cricketor;. play here on 29th .. 30th. and 31st. Thejrftj appears to be np groiui.q_ : .£or hpping, that 'the Pir;ongia . dilficulty. ..will b^ .^ujgfcly arranged. .' YFalcorie. has .withdrawn tlie Ysurveyors from the duputed^and, which is

partly wfttiin aSha'p'artlyi^eyond the boundary. ■••Jfo*w g^'ptliliiq-Se |yeilra,ago by the Cqp% petfsation|Cou|_tCfo:MfsSlorgan in considi^' >r6u of losses -ii^&inddj the war. Ills I •' Morgan sold tbe-Jandja-few weeks ago toFMr )! Saj^th, o|ißuijedir|, fbr £600. M < n;4# \&M *Pii-^T Ghalmers, SaturdaM^^i Whe _S3hion CsmpaDy ,^sj_ii|t.Timaru s^tfjd^ this afternoon with a cargo oil wool} tailMv, ; and gold, valued at _£15|,010./ She tak§T 27 passengers, including JJerective DaltonliudfF 1 Wood, the defaulting secretary of the Coined Hatch Gas Company. A . n -_, YY •YT lYJ^lollday^-f ; Arrived— Taupo and Riigsro^m-^ fr om j Lytteiton; ship Marlborough:; 84" clays from ' Glasgow, with 269 immigrants, 15 cabin ~lw«S^ge.rvand.J_.2.(!o-feQߧj()f <&rgp. All are well ou board. Three deaths oi iniaiits'S-^ curred during the voyage. Sailed— Wellington, for Lytteiton.